Consumers often grapple with choosing between plastic, glass, and aluminum for cold drinks, each impacting health, taste, and the environment differently. Glass offers the purest taste and safety ...

A BAN ON BAGS RIGHT NOW IN HARRISBURG. A STATE SENATOR IS PUSHING TO OUTLAW SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS AT RETAIL STORES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER IS HERE.

Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—and some of nature's tiniest organisms may offer a surprising way out. In recent years, microbiologists have ...

In the U.S. alone, about 4 to 5 billion plastic pill bottles are thrown away each year. That’s enough plastic to circle the Earth multiple times. While they might seem harmless, these bottles ...

In what ways does the use of plastics affect the heart? Can reducing plastic exposure potentially lower the risk of heart disease? Here's what you need to know. The connection between plastics and ...

More information: Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates can encode functional plastic-degrading enzymes that allow survival on plastic and augment biofilm formation., Cell Reports (2025). DOI ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Tourists can generate twice as much plastic waste per head as residents in African island resorts TUI Care Foundation ...

Let’s talk about plastic wrap. That clingy, crinkly roll we all keep in the drawer -- the one that never tears straight and sticks to everything except the bowl you’re trying to cover.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A bill banning all bags made of plastic film at checkout at restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail locations cleared the Oregon Senate and now heads to Governor Kotek ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon legislature has passed a bipartisan bill banning the use of plastic film checkout bags at restaurants, grocery stores and retail stores statewide. Senate Bill 551 ...

The tiny pieces of plastic scientists call microplastics are everywhere. They sit at the bottom of the sea, mix into beach sand, and blow in the wind. They’re also inside us. Last October ...

MANILA, Philippines – When Plastic Bank founder and chief executive officer David Katz visited Ocean Park Manila in 2013, he saw what he described as “absolute devastation” of plastic trash ...